Dress-shield fastener.



C. A. PAGE. DRESSSHIELD PASTENER. APPLIOATION HLBD oo'r.1o, 1910.

Patented June 13, 191'1.

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CLARA A. PAGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESS-SHIELD FASTENER.

Specification of Letters` Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Application filed October 10, 1910. Serial No. 586,251.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA A. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDress-Shield Fasteners, of which the following is a speci-` ication.

My invention relates to improvements in dress shield fastening devicesand has for its object the provision of a reliable and easilymanipulated fastener for securing a dress shield in position in thearm-hole of a garment, said fastener to be permanently secured to saidshield to prevent loss Vof the same when the shield is removed from thegarment for laundrying or other purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dress shield fastenerwhich shall be simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture,strong and durable, and etlicient in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Viith these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to -theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of a garment indicating bydotted lines the position of the dress shield and fastener therefor inthe arm-hole of the garment, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the dressshield, Figs. 3 and 4t are respectively side and end elevations of theshield fastening device, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the garment andend elevation of the shield and fastener, and Fig. 6 is a verticalsection taken through the shield and garment.

The preferred construction for carrying my invention into effect asillustrated in the accompanying drawing comprises a shield l having anouter and inner flap or body and sleeve members formed from asubstantially circular piece of fabric folded as shown in Fig. 2. Theshield l is positioned in the arm-hole of the garment as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1, and the shield fastener is adapted to hold thecontiguous portions of the garment 2 and sleeve 2 together as at thepoint 3.

The shield fastener comprises two sub-l stantially circular members 4Lhinged together' by a hinge 5, the construction of the hinge being suchthat said memberwill remain in any position which they may assume by thefriction of t-he parts in said hinge.

'I`o accomplish this it is evident that the fitting of the parts of thehinge 5 must be accurately performed. The hinge-pin 6 eX- tends ineither direction from the hinge and the outer ends thereof are pointedand turned at right angles to the main port-ion of the said hinge-pin.The bent ends of the hinge-pin 6 are soft and pliable and are adapted tobe passed through the fold of the shield 1 and to be clenched thereto asshown in Fig. 2. In order to manipulate the Yfastener and especially torelease the same from the garment for removing the shield, smallsubstantially circular handles 7 are provided on the members 4 asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3. Arranged diametrically opposite on themembers Il and disposed at right angles thereto are bent projections 8which are adapted to be' clenched in the shield 1 to render theconnection of the shield fastener to the shield doubly secure, it beingevident that if the shield is formed of loosely woven fabric that theconnection of the hinge-pin 6 to the shield would be insufficient tohold the fastener securely in position.

From the foregoing description it is clear how the shield fastener ispermanently secured to the shield; the manner of detachably securing theshield fastener to the garment 2 and sleeve 2 will now be described.

Provided in one of the members 4 is a central perpendicularly disposedpin 9 the length of which is clearly shown in Fig. 6. This pin isadapted to pierce the garment 2 and the sleeve 2 when the members l arepressed together as shown in Fig. 5. The pin after and sleeve 2 isseated in a recessed portion 10 provided in the other member 4, saidportion being thoroughly illustrated in Fig. 3. The shield is nowsecurely located in position and cannot be removed until the handles 7are separated from each other into a position shown in Fig. 6, 'it beingapparent that when the garment 2 and sleeve 2 are in this position thatthey may be readily disengaged from the pin 9.

A shield fastener of the construction set forth is neat and'compact inappearance and efficient and positive in its operation.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my improvedshield fastener I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might bevarious changes made in the arrangement of parts and details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of my invention, hence Idesire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as arecomprehended wit-hin the scopeof the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I deem as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A dress shield fastener comprising two substantially circular membershaving circular ears forming handles projecting therefrom, a hinge-pinconnecting said members together and adapted to be clenched in the flapof a dress shield, pointed projections provided on said members andadapted to be clenched in the dress shield, and means for detachablysecuring said members to the body and sleeve of a garment, substantiallyas described.

2. A dress shield fastener comprising two hinged members, a hinge-pinextending in either direction from said members, pointed ends providedon said hinge-pin and extending at right angles thereto, said ends beingof pliable metal and adapted to be clenched in the fold of a dressshield, bent pliable projections disposed at right angles on the edgesof said members and adapted to be clenched in said dress shield, handlesprovided on said members for the manipulation thereof, a pin centrallyarranged on one of said members, anda recessed portion forming a seatfor said pin in the other of said members, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VCLARA A. PAGE. Witnesses:

HELEN F. LILLIs,

v JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

